Im Atem der Zeit

The death of composer and writer Ernst Krenek marks its 20th anniversary in 2011. On this occasion, Braumüller is publishing the monumental autobiography of the native Viennese. Krenek's autobiography "In the Breath of Time: Memories of Modernity," written between 1942 and 1952, has long been out of print and is now finally available again. This over 1000-page work details his life in Europe up to 1938, portraying it in a richly detailed, sometimes ironic, occasionally malicious, but always very precise manner, and brings together the entire European intellectual and artistic elite. Sharp anecdotes featuring figures such as Theodor W. Adorno, Alban Berg, Hanns Eisler, Oskar Kokoschka, and Alma Mahler-Werfel alternate with sensitive reflections on music, art, and politics, providing a unique insight into the cultural flourishing of the 1920s and 1930s. Essential reading for everyone.